Letters: President Barack Obama should show leadership

President Barack Obama

We have a president who has tried to convince the American people that all kinds of bad economic things would happen if sequester went into effect. That simply is not the case and the American people should know the facts.

This year's federal budget ($3.55 trillion) will still be larger than last year's ($3.538 trillion), even after the sequester. Last year, no border agents were sidelined; air traffic controllers all worked; fireman and police were all there.

What the president has asked the American people to believe is that, with more money this year than last, he and his administration can't do the same job and, according to polls, there are Americans who believe him. All this shows is a lack of executive skill and presidential leadership.

It was President Barack Obama who came up with the sequester idea and we need to remember that he vowed to veto any attempt to change it. He owns it. Now he calls it a dumb idea but goes ahead and signs orders to put it into effect.

This president has yet to lead on an issue. He has sent budgets to Congress that no one even in his own party would want to vote for. Going around campaign-style is not leadership. It's just words and demonstrates his lack of ability.

We desperately need to enact entitlement reform before it sinks all of us. Instead of campaign scare tactics, we need to see a definitive answer from him to fix entitlements.

Walter Nocito,

Appleton

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Letters: President Barack Obama should show leadership

We have a president who has tried to convince the American people that all kinds of bad economic things would happen if sequester went into effect. That simply is not the case and the American people

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